Tim Times-Democrat', ftilAliHe! btf
M.inrlAVH flint Thursdays, new In Its
AffiVttt volume, gives advertisers
V iiU tu? circulation In Meekienburg
Unity and carries double th paid au
Jrtmt of any semi-weekly in com
,,, iiion with it. Advertisers' should
k'c it tor reaching country trade,
The best combination for readilng
the town and euteMewB trade by
Charlotte merchants is the News and
TiffliS'Bemoerat. The one has double
the circulation of any other paper In
Charlotte; the other double, that o
any other paper in Mecklenburg,
:ABLOTr
THE WEATHER: Probably Light Rain Tonight and Tuesday; Cpldtr Tutaday.
VOL. XXIX-NO. 4562
CHARLOTTE, N. CM MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1903.
PRICE: 3 CENTS.
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NEW&
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HE NOT
0 FOMENTING
THEREBELLIOH
A Letter to Albert. Shaw,
Dated October 10) Speaks
of a Proposition to Foment
the Secession of Panama
Made a Month Ago.
The President Says That Our
Government Cannot Afford
to Secure Results' by Such
Underhand Means His
Inconsisteny
(Correspondence the News.)
IVashi'ipton, D. ti.t Ndv.- 13. ttepte
spfitatite ifltk, bt tihid, wild W bM bt
ikb.Ms most V Aimi hefltfairieti Sfid a
iitkkti pifite lie fetched the vdtifig
ae; deiirtfes that he liitefldS id pfgsa
fl,f .MhiiAmfm at the matif mlm
pf (''fiei'K the iyiflt fiHti8 ft'ered
t few j ifi? timm m FFida iai,
if.imnt! 3 ififjujfy ifltf? the alleged
ilieliaii. (n-KiKH pf Wtm Iff fh
siouilitrii titates. The ehjept gf the
resolution js. of pshfsb, ttf deerease the
rciiri'Bentatjnn in Congress pf some f
Hit.' Sunt hern States.. '
At the NeinoGratfc caucus pel4
Butunlay night, it was decided to make
a vigorous attempt to amend the re-?
dprntity bill by abolishing the differ
rhtial on sugar and cutting otif the
live year datise, but ifl ease these
aiiiPinitiK'tits fail, the minority as a
whole will vets' for the measure on the
'titiul rail, This dees net, however,
fiii'l the gentleman from Louisiana and
(Hint sugar gtstes.
A evening paper which sees things
through administration spectacles pub
Mf l9Mt Saturday sight the follow
ing letter, written by the President to
Pr, Albert Shaw on October 10th;
"I think it might Interest you to
know that there was absolutely net the
slightest chance of securing by treaty
(with Colombia) any more than we
endeavcred to secure, The alternatives
were to got to Nicaragua, , , . , op
else to take the territory by force
without any attempt at getting a
treaty. I cast aside the proposition
made at this time to foment the seces
sion, of Panama. Whatever other gov
ernments can do, the United States
cannot go into the business of securing
results which it desires by such, under
hand means." -
We do not know under whose ad
vice the President acted in giving out
this letter to the public but assuredly
the publication of a letter written by
Mr. Roosevelt acknowledging that a
proposition to foment secession in
Panama had been made to him. more
than a month ago coupled with the
movement of our war vessels in that
direction for the past month will not
be taken as very strong proof that the
revolution at Panama and its seoession
at the proper moment to discount
bloodshed were not planned in this
country and with the knowledge at
least, if nothing more, of those in
power.
The Senate Committee on Commit
tees has decided to make Senator Han
na chairman of the Canal Committee
in the place of Senator Morgan of Ala
bama, who has been chairman of that
committee ever since its organization.
but Is too straightforward and, honest
a statesman to be allowed to deal with
the manipulations which the action of
mo Administration have made neces
sary in the isthmian Canal affair as it
now stands.
I he President and Senator Hanna
may possibly be put into active oppo
sition against each other on the sub
j'' t of General Wood's confirmation as
Major-Oeneral of the United States
Army.
Senator Hahha whet is s close per
sonal friend of Estes tJ, Itathbohe, the
ape-goat for" American misdoings in,
utba, is not permitting the witnesses
wii'j ate to afinefli' hetnett f he commit
t thig week td talk about tfaeif testi
Th ewfimMee a Military Affairs
n.w iia'i fnf fcfiaflges m it mmhet
fchlp kum W9d'S flfflinati(ffl t0 h
b!iier---gnef&i wa eofisidefd iff
m, gfcfwtefa Jfawiey, Prot'ter and
ymtfi were an th efflfflitte at that
v f'lfi, una rema fled members of it. Ben
ni'T liurrows has slope retired in favor
'! Alger, while Queries, ftfQtt and
roraher have taken the places of
o'ip, Carter and Sewall, Oft the
'morratic side JJate. Cockreli and
'"ins were then and are stilt mem
u,;re or the committee; Harris of Kan
sa, was not re-elected, and his sue
J:Kor on the committee has not yet
"'t-n named. ,
'f'h.; President will r-ertainlv insls
n Oem ral Wood's confirmation and it
"Mins now to be seen which is the
""onr in the Senate, Hanna or
. ihi V,'U' Senator Scott of West Vir-
latina for the Republican nomine for
res!, ,.,lt ln 1904( g worklng on tne
f,. !! ,! Hun'ify and quiet ways to de
H Aood's nomination and it la well
known that he is no Inntrpr wrDA,l
' . .iic wmie Mouse.
Friends of Judge' Pritchard were
greatly surprise at his marriage as he
has lived most quietly since his widow-
iiuuu, aaung back some fifteen months
Representative Thomas wonta
help the North Carolina strawberry
growers in their reaching out after a
foreign market and has Introduced a
bill authorizing the .President to enter
into a commercial treaty with the Gov
ernment of His Majesty the King of
the United Kingdom of firsat Rritkin
and Ireland with, the view to recipro
city uetween tne united . States of
America and Canada, with reference to
a modification of the customs tariff of
Canada imposing a duty upon Ameri
can strawberries to the Committee on
ways and Means.
Mr. Thomas has also introduce the
following bills: A bill (H. R. 2508)
appropriating the sum of 1250,000 for
the improvement of Beaufort Harbor,
North Carolina to the. Committee on
Hi vers andliarbors. '
Also,, a bill (H. R. 2509) to appro
priate $10,000 to inclose and beautify
the grounds and repair the monument
on the Moore's Creek battlefield, North
Carolina to the Committee on the
Library. .
Also, a bill (IL R. 2510) for the con
struction of a steam revenue cutter
adapted to service in the waters of
Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, North
Carolina tot the Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce.
The' President has denied the1 appli
cation far' pardon of Delgadd Crafted:
6i Nbrth Carolina, who was sentenced
Oct.- 6th last, td tferi tears for" alleged
embeJiiernerit b( itibMf bt thg tieartg-
tewfi Caiholie university ifl which h
m mwfea a a clerk: The femg
mm, it i afte'd, ffladg ail fiesih1e"
restitutio and the &tiim ef the mi
etiiy with Fftft8'i ffieflds in Nfth
ateiifla hete, ed emy ggihi l
flHgflfe with (he Ptegideflt 8 efetais hi
psfdfls bt my is meet a peiflt Mafik
refusal.-
PgfflfflllSfteF f PefisjgRS Wafg
palled Mf: H: HuFwell, a ty
mep resident pf rmf Pty and ft PteFif
jn the ppnsiiBB pffjes heps shfb
ta show cause why hs should PBt be
dismissed from that offlce for "dealing
in stocks," Mr, flurweil, who was
given three days in which to: reply td
the charges, filled his answer late yes
terday afternoon, The epecifle charge
brought by the CemniissiGner is that
sometime in gepternber last Mr, Bur
well engaged in an alterf&uen with o,
T. Diidliy, also a derk in th Pefisien
Offlc, ia a ioeal bueketshep and that
in the poliet eeurt where the matter
wa finally earriea, Mr. surweii was
fund guilty f elramitting an assault
unaer proveeatiin and was fined $5,
The action ef the eemmissioner is
regarded as simply an outrage by. the
friends ot Mr, Burwen as wen as py an
of the ulerks in the Pension Office who
dare to speak out,. Jt is doubtless an
exceedingly fine sense of honor and
keen appreciation of what is 'becoming
to a gentleman which has actuated tne
President's particular pet, Commis,
sioner Ware, against whom the Grand
Jury of his home city in Kansas, have
been requested to find an indictment
for alleged embezzlement of funds be
longing to a widow whose husband's
estate he has handled. Mr. Ware's
chief recommendation for the position
he now holds is the poems he has writ
ten in honor of President Roosevelt
and the valorous war career of "our
Teddy."
It canot be learned today just what
answer Mr. Burwell has returned to the
Commissioner, but it is certain that
there is a large number of clerks as
well as higher oflicials in the Pension
Oflice who engage in stock speculation.
Mr. Burwell was appointed from the
Fourth North Carolina District in 1894
and holds the position of a clerk in
class 2 at, a salary of $1,400. He bears
an excellent record in his office and has
dependent upon him a wife and, five
children, two of whom are blind. Ac
cording to the Commissioner's ruling
it will be worse than useless for any
Representative or Senator from wortn
fraroHna to aooroach him on the sub
ject. It is certain, however, that the
North Carolina delegation win nut re
main supine in this care and that some
vigorous action will be taken.
i
COAL STRIKE CONTINUES.
The Colorado Coal Strike Has Not
Been Settled As Was Hoped.
(By Associated Press.)
t.miaiiip rlnin , Nov, 16. The offi
dal count of the Votes cast by the
tniniK-d t,r tha Nnrthern Coal district
last night reverses the decision and de
feats the proposition tor a settlement
ot the strike. The sub-district board
injuu aunMintsttii Via itid titrmnfiinnn
UnlcLJ tllliluinnAAi cucib , f .
work teflday hut refused td tneke
euDiig the t&te, U ha leaked mi thai
tnere was a majority m bi-vuies m
favor f fejectiflg tne proposnmm
Fmi IN LIVILANi
Fiv Men Killfd y Falling Wall In a
fig Glevelana fi re
dly AssoidateifJ Vfm.)
rifiveland. NoV. IflFive men killed
and two Injured In the largest fire
this city has sufrerea n montns, ino
fire was in a large street car bm of
the Cleveland Electric Railway on
Hold en Avenue. Fatalities were
caused by a wall falling suddenly,
DEATH OF D'QUERSAL.
The President of the Belgian Senate
Dies In Brussels.
(By Associated Press.) V
rtrnaaaiia Nnv. 1. The death is an
nounced here of the Due D'Quersel,
THE COIIFEREIICE
APPOIHTIWEIITS
E
T
Fight to Get Dr. fletwiler and
Dr Marr Both From Char
lotte, the One for the Pre
iding Eldership and the
Other for Winston.
The Appeal of Dr. Watkins
for the Worn out Preach
ers -He is Trying to Raise
a Three Million Dollar
Fund for this Cause
(Special id The News.)
High Point, Nov. ik AfcftihPiL h
ebliectioii Was Worked at this tadrii
irtg's sessidrl: Mm than fdttyWd
hundred ddiiat were suhsetihed ta a
fund fer" stitieraiifliiated jjfeaehefs.
Methedist ijteachet fuifiii the the Pm
iifle standard ifl beiflg hiiaf idu gier.
t)f Watki, ageiit tst the fund, i
ttj-iflg te faie five friiiiifl thfguihoHit
n!hffl Methedirn, the interest ef
wbipb win he fiveii te the iHegsFt ef
w flufe Bfeapflir'S.- tie made a mas?
RlflgpBt gpeeh, whigh wa mj
emu? fljoyed: w bs mum ai
$9 m t79,W9.- The Weddiflg--
tm PFoperiy matteF 13 flt yet jttled.-
PonferencB irHSteBS prpposs to giya of
the $0,000 (eft by Mrs. WeddlpgUw,
fi.oou to wefldjngton Academy In adr
dition to what it already has, $3,000
to pay the Weaverville College Debt
when they shall raise $2,000 more, and
the balance for superannuated itreach
ers,
Dr, Hwe and th Wtddlhgten school
parties desir at least half ef the prop
erty for the Weddingten ieheol, There
was some dismission this morning but
it went ever till this afternoon, Large
eonsideratien will be given t Mr,
Wtddington's wish in the matter, hut
there is a oifferenee of opinion to whrs
that was, Rev, T. 'A, Boone and It. T,
N. itenhenson are superannuated, J.
W, Jenkins spoke concerning the Ral
elgft Orphanage, They invite the
pperatlon of this Conference - No ac
tion will be taken at this time,, but
there is a. favorable sentiment' toward
it. Considerable business is still to be
done and there will be an afternoon
session. The appointments are ex
pected to be read tonight
DRS. MARR AND DETWILER.
Concord and Winston Want Dr. Marr
Salisbury Dr. .Detwiler.
The Methodists of Tryon Street
church learned Saturday of an effort
beine made by two towns to get their
pastor, Rev. Dr. T. F. Marr. As soon
as it was learned here that Uoncora
and Winston wanted Mr. Marr. Mr. J
S. SDencer and Mr. B. D. Heath left for
Hie-h Point tn look after5 the matter.
These gentlemen returned last night
and brought the encouraging iniorma
Unn that as far as they could ascertain
Dr. Marr would be . returned to the
Trvon Street congregation.
Front ' what The. News understands
then? will he few changes In the Char
lotte district but one hears In' High
Point rumors of many changes an
alnntr the line.
a tlfihnne message to The News
from Rev. J. A, Baldwin this after
noon states that an effort is being
made to secure Rev. G. H. Detwiler as
Presiding Elder of the Salisbury Dis
trict. .Mr. Baldwin thinks that Dr.
Detwiler will return to Trinity church
but tha tth change suggested may
take place. , '
BURGLARS AT HIGH POINT
They Break Into the Store of Klrk
man & wo.
Cnola1 in Th A NAWR 1 A
Uivii -pr.it,, Nov, 1fi. Burglars broke
ihtd the store of W T( Kirkmatt ahd
Cd. last hlght &hd atteinbted td break
open the safe but failed, They were
probably frightened away, there is fid
clue, .
A B6fch6Fv At AikenY
a tfiiBfffflm was received yesterday
hf Chief lrwifl frem the 6hief ef Police
at Aiken, 9, o.-, flowing mm 01 a
jwu-v vdiiUavv in that fitv find va
fluesting the effieers here t he a the
lokut, Tne fmmsfs are aest-noeo g
heifif 18 and 29 yeara f age, white
ana wen nreseeu, tney seetireo ia
mem mg, watpnea, jeweiry, gte.
"' 1
ritmion Beant Bundav HlTB,
The members Df the Clemson College
football eleven spept gunday In this
city, returning from upape) nm wners
they played the University eleven Sat
urday, The Clemson boys greatly en
joyed their stay in the city yesterday,
They left last night. ,
Th Davidson "Scrubs" drove
down from Davidson this morning on
their way to Rock Hill, where they
play the, King's Mountain Military
Academy team this afternoon. This is
the" second team's first game but they
feel confident, of victory,
MD
TO GH
THE PETITION PRESENTED.
To the Corporation Commission By
the Charlotte Shippers.
The following is the petition that
was presented to the Corporation Com
mission by the Charlotte Shippers As
sociation- on Saturday!
' . PETITION.
Charlotte Shippers' Association, Com
plainants vs. Seaboard Air Line Rail
way Company, defendant: "
To the Honorable, the Corporation
Commission of the State of North
Carolina:
Your petitioners would- respectfully
show,
(1). That the" complainants are an
unincorporated society of merchants,
manufacturers, shippers and business
men of the City of Charlotte, and as.
such are engaged . In commerce and
Interested in transportation by rail and
the rates thereof. ...
(2). That the published and exacted
rates over the lines of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, from Wilmington, N.
C, to Charlotte, N, C, a distance of 187
miles on the numbered and -lettered
classes, sugar and molasses, and nails
and iron in car loads are as follows:
Class 1, 62; class. 2, 52; class 3, 43;
class 4, 33; class 5, 29; class A, 17;
cTass B, 21; class C, 19; class D, 15;
class E, 29; class H, 33; class F, 38;
molasses, sugar, 22; nails, iron, C. L.,
17.
I3f. That the aforesaid rates are un
just and unreasonable irt and of them
selvesj and are oppressively high with
reference td rates dver lines of the
same Railway arid with reference td
the tates charged for" similar services
by.dther" Railways; said rates are dis
ci-iittiriative, aflpfessite aad injurious
in the htisiaea aiuteresta bt the dity
ef tjharfottg and the Buhiie' generally
and eswetiaiiy ta these c6ffibiainant:
WBif'effcife the fWHtnaiaflts uta that
the said geabaatd Aif tdfle ttaiiway
efflpw he fgpifed id reduce aid
fates m that they will he Just and fea
gftflirde aBd set diaefiffiiflative, ee--
fifie 0r" ifljBFimi i& the hBlfle3
ifitefestg ef the pity Bi Ghsrlfltts of m
the psranlainaHts e the nubile.
'i iun py a: u. uralg, HscretaFy,
neys tor uompiatpants
the Charlotte BhlDDers sustained the
&boye petition before tha Corporation
Commission on Saturday, they showed
that the freight rate first class, per 100
bounds from Wilmington to Charlotte
was tiie, distance 187 miles; that from
Norfolk to Charlotte a distance of 48
miles the freight rate first class per 100
pounds was Use; that in proportion to
that rate from Norfolk the rate from
Wilmiegten to Charlotte sheld he re
dueed t'I8e. ,
They als shewed that Ooiumbia was
IJ8 miles from Wilmington and that
the rate on salt was 7V&e per 109
pounds and to Charlotte IS eents,
Many other jnstanoes were given, ,
THE WATER WORKS BONDS.
Case To Be Argued Before Supreme
Court This Wck,
An important appeal case comes up
this week in Raleigh before the State
Supreme Court, Involving the right of
the board of water commissioners of
the city of Charlotte to issue $200,000
water bonds without first submitting
the question to the qualified voters of
the city. The city will be represented
by Mr. Heriot Clarkson and the plain
tiffs, Geo. H. Brockenborough and
others, by Mr. E. T. Cansler. These at
torneys expect to leave tonight for
Raleigh to be present when the case
in question is called which will , be
within two or three days.
The question of the issuing of $200,'
000 water bonds is one of great inter
est to all citizens of Charlotte. In the
Superior Court In this city this case
was decided in favor of the board of
water commissioners.
Among other things the plaintiffs al
lege: That there has been no vote of
a majority of the qualified voters of
said city of Charlotte for the purpose
of authorizing the contraction of said
debt or the Issuance or sale of said
bonds or the execution of said proposed
and threatened pledge and mortgage
or deed of trust, or authorizing said
city to pledge its faith or lend its
credit for the purpose aforesaid: nei
ther has there been any legislative au
thority conferred upon said Board to
lsue said bonds other than that con
tained In Chapter 196, Private Laws,
Session 1903.
THE POPE ON THE BIBLE.
Pius X Declares For Biblical Re
search But Declares Rationalistic In
terpretation. . (By Assdci&ted Press.)
Rome, Nov.- 16. Baron Braye, whd
has arrived here from ' the United
States, was presented td the Pope fay
Arehfaishop Bourne, of Westminster,
today, the baron had a private audi
enee with the Pope, whe thanked him
for a aehdiarship ef iSdd for graduates
ef all eathelie universities, the time
winner to eeme te Seme t the inter
national Institute for fiiuiieai studies
whieh is t be established,
. fiuriflg the audience with Baroft
Braye, the Pope speke streBgly ea th
necessity for Stolipal research, and
pondemned th efforts ef monfrn wri
ters to separate the supernatural from
the historical narratives of the Scrip
tures, Ha Insisted that to do so would
be as futile as to deny tha existence
of the soul while accepting the mate
rial fact of the body,
The Pope declared his disapproval
of a rationalistic interpretation of
the Bible, not only by laymen, but by
clergment, and conveyedthe. impres
sion that ho Intended to thoroughly
repudiate the views contained in the
latest works of, Abbe Lois.
; Mr. E. 8. Reld is in Norfolk, Va.,
on business for a few days.
COLOMBIA PROTESTS
TO GREAT BRITAIII
AGAHIST THE U. S
,
President MorroqUin Lodges
a Vigorous Protest Against
the - Government of the
United States--His Accu
sations, j : '
He Declares That Our Gov
e nraent Fomented Secess
ion He. Also Recollects
the Energetic Efforts to
Prsvent Secession 0nce
(By Associated Press.)"
Lbtidon; No. 16; Columbian au
thorities have cabled td London a
lengthy protest against the united
states aetidriiii Pattama ifl which they
claim that the "fflaifl tpdiisihiiity
idf the secession ef Paflafflaiies with
the Uflited slates liFstiy by feffleatiflg
the spaf&tist piFit Gf which tfeef
effl te be eieaf evidefieej geeesdiy,
by aatiiy agfeBewiediifli the ifide
peiidesg f th Fitd pFeviRge mi
rlRftliy by pEevefitlBg the QdimWm
doyprnmpni fom mn$ pfepeF mmm
t jepFPSS 'tBe Fhfil!fRB:"
the Pablo message goes on fa mt
that President Marrprjuin has ener?
getically protested to the Halted
States and Wishes his protest Should
bo known throughout the civilised
world, the President contends that
the United States has infringed ar
tide 38, treaty of 1146, whieh he as--serts
implies the duty ef United
States toward Colombia,
dovernment repudiate the assump
tion that they have barred the way to
carrying eut a canal treaty,
Corperatiens Chartered.
(gperial to The News.)
Raleigh, N. 0., Nov, ii,Charteri
were granted for five new stock eora
panics and Cleveland Cotton Mill Co,,
ertsngea to the kawnoaie H&liroao and
Industrial Co,, YawndaJ Cleveland
county, B, F, Scbenck Is president,
Capital stock has been reduced from
$100,000 to $60,000,
" The Yadkin Lumber Company of Le
noir is chartered, - with $400,000 capi
tal authorized. $300,000 subscribed bv a
number of Pennsylvania and. New
York capitalists also Erimond Jones,
Lenoir and B. A. Ritchie, Richmond
1 Edward Manufacturing Co., of Ed
ward, Beaufort county, capital $10,000.
Incorporators W. B. Riddet and others.
Shaw Bros., Greensboro, $3,000 capi
tal to do a general grocery 'business,
Jas. M. Chas, Claud C. Shaw are the
Incorporators.
The Fremont Building and Improve
ment Company, $20,000 capital to do a
real estate business In . Fremont,
Wayne county. Jo Hare is among the
incorporators. -
W. J. Davis Machine Co., of Wilson,
$50,000 capital to conduct a machine
and wood working shops The incor
porators are W. J. & J. W. Wilson.
A Nervy Colored Girl.
As Master Hazel Porter was riding
down North Tryorf street on his bicycle
this afternoon he encountered a horse
and buggy. As he was about to pass
the turnout the colored girl who was
driving suddenly turned Hhe horse
across the street thus forcing a broad
side collision. The end of the shaft
struck the boy In the head and un
horsed him. The horse became frelght
ened and began climbing the sidewalk.
The girl did not lose her nerve but
stayed in the buggy contrary 'to the
expectations of the bystanders.
When" the horse had covered all Of
the street possible be submitted to his
driver and disappeared around the
corner of East Sixth and Tryon to the
chagrin of the bystanders Who had
become interested in her because of her
coolness. The horse and buggy are sup
posed to belong td Mr, J. M, KlttflHck,
fisnaidsSH Taken Ts Durham,
Ciete Donaldson, the young white
matt who was arrested Saturday by
Officer Pitts, was taken td Dufnam
yesterday nieFfliflg by a aeeuty aner-
iff, DdflaidseB was wasted in Durham
as SB escaped convict from the eeun
ty chaiH-gaflB: lie is alee wasted at
liigh Peint fef steal ifl g a let ef
cietfliflg.. H serves a term on in
iMeekieflbUfg gang for Bignway reb
Ihery, , N
New In Kansas City,
Mr, R. Lawrence puke, formerly of
Charlotte, s now residing in Kansas
City, Mr. C. 13. Hooper, of tne uen
tral, received a letter from Mr, Duke
this morning in which he states that
ho expect to make Kansas City his
home. He has not determined what
business he will go into.
Mr. E. L. Shuford, of Hickory, was
a Charlotte visitor today.
Mr. W. C.Hardlson, of Wadosboro,
j was here today. .
WOOD IS SCARCE.
Charlotte Is Threatened With a Wood
Famine. ,
Charlotte Is threatened with a seri
ous . wood famine and should the
weather , .suddenly turn cold there
would be a great deal of Inconveni
ence caused to those who depend on
wood for their fuel.
The threatened famine grows out of
the action of the Seaboard railway In
refusing to furnish cars for hauling
wood to the city from the dealers along
the line of the railroad.'
The Seaboard people claim that they
are very short on cars and that It does
not pay them to use their cars for
wood when the demand is so great in
other lines for cars. This in brief is the
situation.
The wood dealers of the city are get
ting Into a tight place on account of
the action of the railroad ana today
one or two of them took the matter up
with the authorities with a view to
getting relief of some kind. The ques
tion Is one which the State railroad
commission would probably have to
handle and decide and the dealers to
day were avlsed to communicate with
the chairman of the railroad commis
sion and state the case to him in detail
with the hope of securing the asslst
nace desired.
At the present time the wood yards
are virtually out of wood and It would
result In. much suffering should a cold
snap arrive at this time for those who
use wood ns fuel would have nothing
td tesqrt td for making their fires. The
Situation la One1 that demands atten-
tidfl at ditce: the wood dealers think,
rhd they will ad ail they cart td relieve
the situatidfl: Meet bi the weed sold ia
Charlotte tamea frefti dawn the gea
board raiireadi below Mdflfd;
l BUAf leNAL BAL-LV,
tat U0eTintffldlmi JeyflSF ?8
seak, and th6F fNstf:
here will be a big edHeatteflal Faiiy
Rd BiPBifi ifl disMPt flHFflbPF three,
MftffllRg; F FJWRSfiiP, flPft TflUFS--
dayi the JPJb- State superintendent ,
f JeyfleF Will bs 6FeiSPBt4 fld will
fppaa.' QtheF, speakers wili hei Prof;
Pjatq Durham of Trinity CMlegBj
Messrs, F IL McNlnch and Jake
fieweii, ui uiiarjuiiB, uouniy euperin-
tehdent 0, Q, floger, of . Cabarrus
county and ft, F. Beasley, of Union
county, All the members of the Cduaty
Board of Educationr Messrs, William
Anderson, John McDowell and M, A,
Alexander will also he present and will
speak. In addition to this, Prof, Coch
ran has asked the schools at Matthews
and Mint Hill te give holiday that day,
se that both teachers end pupils may
nave the pleasure ef hearing guperin
tendent Joyner,
This is a new school, at Hood's Store,
midway .between Matthews and Mint
filH, It is in ft fln eommnnity and
there is every prospect of a fine school,
Everybody Is Invited to the picnic,
There will be dinner and speeches both
morning and afternoon,
i ' -
THE WELLS COMPANY SUIT.
Will Be Finally Settled In Richmond
This Week.
The case of the W. L. Wells Com
pany against the Gastonla and Avon
Cotton Mills of Gastonia, will be heard
in the Circuit Court of Appeals in
Richmond the last of this week.
Mr. Murray F. Smith, of Vicksburg,
Miss., of counsel for the W. L. Wells
Company, will arrive in Charlotte to
morrow night. He -will remain over In
Charlotte Wednesday and will leave
Wednesday night for Richmond. He
will be joined in Richmond , by Mr. C.
W. Tillett who will go to that city from
Raleigh.
The case of the Wells Company vs.
the above named mills "was tried in
Charlqtte in the Federal Court more
than a year ago. The Jury gave a ver
dict against the mills and In favor of
the Wells Company for about $70,000.
At appeal was taken to the Court of
Appeals In Richmond where the case
will finally come up for settlement this
week.
FIGHT BETWEEN NEGROES.
Two Killed and Two V.oundcd In a
Row Near Shreveport.
(By Associated Press.)
Shrevsport, La.. Nov. 16.--In a
.bloody fight between negroes at
merry-making on Saturday night fif
teen miles from Sbroveport, Johnson
Shepherd and Tonk Harris wore In
stantly killed and Alexander Thomas
and Sam Terrell were badly wounded.
Believes Irt Eternal Punishment,
Dr, Emll'Lufld, Of Minneapolis, de
livered an able discourse yesterday
morning in st, Mark's Lutheran
church, Dr, Lund is one ef the most
prdttiiaetit divines in the Lutheran
thuch and is a man ef prefaund leatn
iag,
Duriflg the eeurae ef the sermon yes
twdav mrfliflg Uf, Ltifld diseussed the
ayestiea ef eteraaf puflishmest i
which he expressed a firm belief, "if
a man fells a il", said the speaker,
"the lie remains eg a fit fer all tiffle
and nothing that the mm can 4 will
change the lie iflte anything else,
Tliert-fere it ia reasonable to ceclude
that only an eternal pwnisbroeBt can
be fitted to an eternal wrong,"
Fithff Franks Rsturnt Thursday,
Rev, Father Francis, who has peso
in BdMon for medical treatment, is $x
pected to return to the city on next
Thursday morning. Father Francis has
been greatly benefited by the treat
ment which he has received.
Alderman C. C. Bates has return
ed from South Carolina, where he
spent three days of last week hunt
ing partridges. He killed 78 birds dur
ing, the last three day's hunt.
ITALIAN MAFIA ; i
TORTURE A PRIEST,
LEAVE 111 RAVI
Father Cirringiohe Had Made
Himself Obnoxious to the
Italians by His Denuncia
tion of Vice Lured From
the Restbi7.-s
The Priest Was Given a Drug
and Then Carried td- a
Place of i;; Confinement
When Found After TWo
Dayf he Was Ravlfigr
(fly Associated Press.)
New fork, N'ovembef '
ttfe; Idsfeph eirringldiie', flfectdr' " of
itaiiaa ehufch, fcf fffliaacuiate ctJft--eeptiefl
ifl WiiiiafflbFidg,'gubufb ef
this city, who disappeared ffea hi
heaie, Bfldef fflyteFidfl elFfeaffltas
last Friday Bight, was feufid early te--day
by a pQiietfflafl ia at fifty-FiFst
tFet raviflf wiidiy ia itaiiaa aad 18
aw ia the feeapitai.- father eiFFiflg
ise iagflFfgd the B8iity f th Hal--iass
ftbf?Bl WilllflfflhFgg W RW
PFpsade agates! yiFP; He FePeiyrd spyr
era! thFeatenlng and bad fp;
ported the piatter tq W Pfst W
woFa pdeayoripg; to locate the
writers, tate Friday night, two men
called upon him and representing
themselves as detectives asked him to
accompany them to the station house.
He did net return and it is believed
he had been carried off by agents of
tha Italian geeret Society, When
found teday, Father Cirringiene fell,
exhausted, into the arms of a police
man, crying out repeatedly! "They
have robbed me and they will kill mo,
protect me." A hurried examination
ef the Priest's physical condition was
made by a physician who found on his
wrists two red marks similar to those
that would have beon made, bad th
Priest's wrists been bound with rope.
Under the influence of soothing drugs
Father Clrrlngione, became calmer and
was ablo to toll something ..of ...his
story, . : : ;
; He said he had been robbed by two
men, who bad gone to his home Fri
day night, and whom he had accom
panied, believing them to be detec
tives, "They took me to Ocean'' he
said, "but beyond this the questioners
could get little in detail of where he
had been. ;
He said that when bnt a few step3
from the door of his own house two
men grasped him, one grabbing him
by the arms and pinioning them be
hind while the others threw over his
nostrils a . cloth of some kind, satu
rated with pungent liquid. Then- he
says he lost consciousness and the
next thing he knew was when he
found himself in a "dark and dismal'
cellar," with his wrists 'bound. Tho
Priest said he had been free but a few
minutes before he was found by a
policeman. He said he had been blind
folded and lod into - the street and
then bandages over his eyes were re
moved and he had been given a push.
Father Clrrlngione, when he left tho
house, had a gold-mounted ebony cane,
a valuable gold watch and chain and
some money. When found today, all
were gone. Friends and relatives of
Father Clrrlngione bellevo tho Htory
of the priest, but tho police are await
ing further developments before tak
ing any action action for - tho dis
covery of tho alleged abductors. To
Civil Justice Roesch, an old friend of
tho priest, the latter said there were
four men in the gang, which abducted
him, and only one was an Itallafti The
men were very rough to hlra, and ono
of them insisted that he be killed.
Others objected and managed td get
this man intoxicated and tha priest's
life was saved,
ANARCHIST 6lPiR!&.
The ar-elefla Pdlief prevent tha ele
bratian ef the ehleas AflHiver--aaryi
(By Associated Press,)
flafeeiefla, NeV ld,?he police fa
day dispet sed a meeting ef Aflarchlsts
which had bees afraflged t celebrate
the anniversary ef the execution ef the
Chic-age seciallsts is im, The actios
ef the autherities was .takes because
violent speeches were made at the
meeting advocating as active prepa
gasdft ef asaFchlstie doctrines,
AQUPAY PROTEST!,
f
Th MtM Of th Filipino Church Pro
tsst Asalndt Monslgnpr Rooksr,
(By Associated Press.)
Manila, Nov, 16. Agllpay, the nomU
nal head of the Schismatics, baa pro
tested against the action of Mgr. F, J,
Booker, bishop of Jaro in taking pos
session of the Catholic church at La
Pasla, Hollo. Mgr. Hooker has threat
ened to take drastic measures to curb
the schismatics. The constabulary has
captured the last of the Lad rones op
erating in Mlndanero.